The well-known Israeli historian, Professor Ilan Pappé, saw that there were indications of the end of the Zionist project, calling on the “Palestinian Liberation Movement” to prepare to fill the void so that a long period of chaos would not prevail, as happened in Syria and other countries in the Arab world and North Africa.

Under the title: “The beginning of the end of the Zionist project,” historian Pappe said, during a symposium held on Saturday in the city of Haifa in the Palestinian interior, that the beginning of the end of this project is “a long and dangerous phase, and we will not talk about the near future, unfortunately, but rather about the distant future, but “We must be ready for that,” expressing his optimism that “we are at the beginning of the end of the Zionist project.” “We must be part of the efforts to shorten this period,” he said.

The Israeli historian, professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences and International Studies at the British University of Exeter, and director of the European Center for Palestine Studies, pointed to five indicators of the beginning of the end of the Zionist project, according to his belief:

The first is “the Jewish civil war that we witnessed before last October 7, between the secular camp and the religious camp in the Jewish community in Israel.” He said that the secular society, most of which is European Jewry, seeks an open, liberal life, while it is willing to continue oppressing the Palestinians, even if it is willing to give up parts of the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The opposite trend is represented by the “Jewish State.” It grew up in the settlements established in the West Bank, and aspires to transform Israel into a racist Jewish religious state, pointing out that these two camps “will witness wars in the future, because “the cement that holds the two together is the security threat,” but even this does not seem to be working anymore, and it "Fails before our eyes."

The second indicator, according to Pappé, is the unprecedented support for the Palestinian cause in the world and the willingness of most of those involved in the solidarity movement to adopt the anti-apartheid model that helped bring down this regime in South Africa, referring in this context to the Boycott and Divestment of Israel (BDS) movement. .

He said: “This is very important. In addition to the framing of Israel as an apartheid state by respected NGOs such as Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and B’Tselem” I see that we are entering a new period with shifting pressure from society to governments.

The third indicator is related to the economic factor, as Pappe believes that it “includes the highest gap between those who have and those who do not have... Hardly anyone can buy a house, and every year many find themselves below the poverty line.” He added: "Despite the huge spending on the war after October 7, and despite the support of the United States, there is a bleak vision for the future of the economic solidity of the State of Israel."

The fourth indicator, according to the same historian, is “the army’s inability to protect the Jewish community in the south and north.” He said in this context, “There are 120,000 refugees displaced from the north, all of them Jews in the Galilee, and there are not any Palestinian refugee among them (..) After October 7, the government failed to provide assistance to the families of the dead and wounded.”

The final indicator is the attitude of the new generation of Jews, including in the United States of America, which is in contrast to previous generations, “which, even while criticizing Israel, believed that this country was insurance against another Holocaust or waves of anti-Semitism.” He said: "This assumption is no longer supported by many of the younger generation of Jews. Quite a few of them are already active in the solidarity movement with the Palestinians. This generation leaves Christian fundamentalists as the main basis for the pro-Israel lobby in the future, and not a solid basis for international legitimacy."

Source: Sama News